Twitter on Friday suspended an account appearing to have been linked to Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested Friday in connection with mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump. Sayoc allegedly sent 13 suspicious packages to people including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice …
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Instagram. WhatsApp. And now Oculus. Top executives at companies Facebook has acquired keep heading for the exits. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, who co-founded the virtual reality startup Facebook bought for more than $2 billion in 2014, on Monday became the latest high-profile leader to depart the world’s largest social network. That list reads like a who’s who of the tech …
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Instagram added two-factor authorization last year to help protect your account, and now it’s even better. Before, IG’s two-factor relied on SMS, which isn’t the most secure way to receive authorization codes. Now, you can set up IG 2FA with an authentication app to make your account even more secure. Here’s how. Protect your Instagram account with 2FA Open Instagram, …
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When Instagram co-founder and former CEO Kevin Systrom thinks back to the start of his social media company, he compares the process to launching a rocket. “Instagram didn’t feel done by any stretch of the imagination, but it felt like it was in orbit. And if we let go and let others take it, it would continue to go on,” …
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It’s now much easier to follow someone you meet on Instagram. No words need be exchanged nor letters tapped. With Instagram Nametags, you can simply scan each other’s account to follow each other quickly and easily. If you’ve dabbled with Snapchat’s Snapcodes, Instagram Nametags will look and feel instantly familiar. Here’s how Instagram Nametags work. Now playing: Watch this: Instagram’s …
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Instagram is taking action against bullying on its platform. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned photo sharing network rolled out a machine-learning tool that detects bullying in photos and captions. If the AI tool deems a photo unkind or unwelcome, it will send the snap sent to Instagram’s community operations team for further review, according to a blog post. The AI tool …
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Global superstar Taylor Swift caused a spike in voter registration across the US on Monday, according to Vote.org, largely on the back of a single Instagram post. One day after she concluded the US leg of her reputation stadium tour, Swift published a post on Instagram and Tumblr declaring her support for two Tennessee Democrat candidates in the upcoming midterm …
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It’s only been a day since Instagram’s new boss came on board and the social network has already gone down. Instagram was out for about an hour today across several cities across the globe. The outage occurred as the Facebook-owned platform saw a new boss come into office this week. The appointment of Adam Mosseri, former vice president of product …
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Instagram’s co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger said last week that they’re leaving the photo sharing service, six years after it was bought by Facebook. On Monday, they named their successor. Adam Mosseri, who was head of product for Instagram and before that the head of Facebook’s news feed feature, has been named Instagram’s new chief. But that wasn’t all the …
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In a vast, dark room, the lights glow a steady green, blue, yellow. I’m not inside the Matrix, but it’s not far off. With every step, I walk past thousands upon thousands of virtual interactions between real people happening through the world’s largest social network, Facebook. I’m inside the company’s newest European data center in Clonee, Ireland, a small town …
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